Incantation Bowl
Item
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Title
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Incantation Bowl
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Rights
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The British Museum, Creative Commons 4.0.
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Creator
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Unknown, Late-Post Sasanian.
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Date
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ca. 6th-8th century CE
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Description
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A flat-based, wheel-thrown pottery incantation bowl with Mandaic text written in a spiral outwards and continuing on the outside of the bowl. The text includes three incantations, and the first is meant to protect Bashniray, the daughter of Shahafrid, against a lilith (or demoness). The last two relate to the health of Bashniray and her family.
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Format
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Bowl. Wheel-thrown pottery. 18.50 cm x 6.70 cm.
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Language
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Mandaic
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Publisher
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The British Museum
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Contributor
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Shaelyn Fett
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Identifier
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1881,0714.3.
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Subject
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Incantation Bowl; Lilith; Demons; Dreams; Magic; Wheel-thrown Pottery.
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Source
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Jpeg file. Unknown photographer. The British Museum Digital Collection. Accessed 10/12/2023. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1881-0714-3.
Incantation Bowl (1)